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(ModeL) I K W'. CLEMSON.

SAW HANDLE. 1N0. 257,920 Patented May 16, 1882.

V IN VE/VTOR Attorney WITNESSES.

To all whom it may concern:

. UNITE STATES PATENT jF cE.

W1LLIAMoLEMson, .OF MIDDLE OWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHEELER, MADDEN & CLEMSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE. m

"SAWV-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,920, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed February 11, 1882, (ModeLl Be it known that I, WM. CLEMsoN, of Middletown, in thecounty of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Grosscut-Saw Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in crosscut-saw handles, the object of the same being to provide handles capable of being used on either end of the saw in the same plane with the handle or in a plane at right angles thereto; and with these ends in view my invention consists in certain details in construction andcombinations ofparts, as will be more fully explained, and pointed outin the'claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view, showing my improved handle with a saw-blade in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudientirely around the same.

nal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the saw secured inposition at right angles to the handle.

A represents the handle, provided with the lower extension, A, and with the shoulder a, against which the socketed end of the shank B'rests. This shank is provided at its inner end withthe large socket B, adapted to fit over the lowerextension, A, of the handle and aflord a sufficient bearing for the said shank B. This socket is securely held in position on the handle and prevented from longitudinal displacement thereon by the pin a, which passes through one end of the socket into the handle.

The shank B is of any suitable shape, and is continued outward from the socket B for a suitable distance, and is provided near its outer end with the enlargement 0, extending This enlargement is provided with the holes I) and D,running centrally through the sameat right angles to each other, for the passage of the clampingbolt E, which latter is removably. secured to the shank by means of the thumb-n ut F. This shank B is also provided on its outer end with the rib b and on its under face and two side faces with longitudinal grooves e for the reception of the saw-blade in the different positions in which it is capable of being secured in relation to the handles.

I The form of the clamping-bolt E corresponds in shape to the form of the holes D I), and is provided in its body portion with the longitudinal slit h for the reception and retention of the. saw-blade, and with the screw-threaded lower portion, by means of which, together with the thumb-nut F, the saw is held in position.

I is a loose sleeve, adapted to be placed on the clamping-bolt E .and form a firm and ex- 7 the saw, so that instead of lying in the same plane with the handle it will lie in apositiou at right angles thereto, or vice versa, it is only necessary to remove the thumb-nut F, with draw the bolt from the shank, replace the bolt through the shank in the proper position, and secure it by the thumb-nut -1 The two longitudinal grooves on the sid faces of the shank E enable the handle to be used on either end of the saw, and also enable both handles to be on the same side thereof-that is to say, enable both shanks to be on the toothed side of the saw-blade, or both shanks to be on the rear side of the saw-blade, and not one to be on the toothed side and one on the rear side, as would be the case were only two adjustments of the clamping-bolt possible.

My improved handle is exceedingly simple in construction, of comparatively small initial cost, durablein use, and is adapted to be used at either end of the saw in any of the posi- -tions shown in the drawings'or referred to in the specification.

bearing that fits the convex surfaces of said enlargement O, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new,-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the saw-handleand 5 socketed shank secured thereto, said shank being provided with longitudinal grooves in its sides and bottom, with an enlargement, 0, having convex surfaces and provided with in- Witnesses: tersecting holes, of a clamping-bolt, a fasten WM. MILLSPAUGH, 1o ing-nut, and a sleeve provided with a concave I (J. I. HUMPHREY.

\VM. CLEMSON. 

